Double-pointed pushpin



R. H. DAVID.

DOUBLE POINTED PUSHPIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, I920.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

Attorneys PATENT OFFICE.

ROGER HARRY DAVID, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,

DOUBLE-IOINTED PUSHPIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d A 25 1922 Application filedJanuary 19, 1920. Serial No. 352,4;14.

To all whom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, ROGERIHARRY DAVID, a citizen of the United States,residin at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and tate of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Double-Pointed Pushpin, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in double pointed push pins.

Its object is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive device ofthis kind adapted to firmly support objects upon a wall or otherstructure.

A further. object is to supply a device of this nature, which may bereadily applied to and detached from various objects to be supported andbeing further adapted to be easily applied to and removed from carryingstructures.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in thefollowing description, the invention resides in the novel combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction-hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 are sideelevations of my improved device.Fig. 1 shows the improvement as employed in supporting a picture upon awall and 2 shows the same in position upona wall to re ceive draperiesor the like. Fig. 3 is an elevation at right angles with respect to Fig.1; Fig. 4 is an end view of the device and Fig. 5 is an enlargedperspective view thereof.

In the drawings, I have illustrated a device embodying my invention andcomprising a body 10 having a pin 11 passing therethrough and projectingfrom either side thereof, the extremities of said pin being pointed asat 12. The body 10 may be of glass or other suitable material and issealed or otherwise fixed upon the pin 11 in any manner desired. Saidbody 10 is preferably cone-like in form, as illustrated in the drawingsand may be easily grasped in the fingers of the user. A flat bearing orbracing surface 13 at the base of the bodyhas the general form of anellipse. One end of the pin 11 projects from the center of this surfaceand extends at right angles with respect to the minor axis thereof, butforms an acute and an obtuse an le (substantially forty five and onehundre and thirty five degrees) yyith respect to the major axisof said.sur

ace.

My device is particularly adapted to support pictures of the smallervariety. In use, the body 10 is grasped between the fingers of the user,the end of the pin 11 projecting from the bearing surface 13 of the bodybeing pressed in a vertical plane, obliquely upward, its entire lengthinto the frame of a picture ig. 1), thus bringing said bearing surfaceinto contact with said frame. The body 10 then serves to reinforce thepin against. displacement and rigidly braces the p n in a verticallyinclined position. The plcture s hung upon a wall or other support bybearing inwardly and downwardly upon the frame, thus pressing the lowerend of the pin into the support. The inclined position of the pin ismaintained by engagement of the bearing surface 13 with the pictureframe and the weight of the picture, when released, tends to continuallyand more firmly imbed the lower end of the pin into the support. Toremove the picture, the frame is lifted to withdraw the pin 11 from thewall. The body 10 may be, thereafter, readily grasped and the pinremoved from the frame. In hanging pictures or the like, my device maybe used singly or in pairs, as desired. One

of the alternate uses of my device is for supporting draperies or thelike. The device in this instance is reversed as above described, theend of the pin 11 projecting from the bearing. surface 13 of the body 10being pressed obliquely downward into the wall or other support, so asto bring said surface into contact therewith (Fig. 2). The opposite endof the pin 11 is then held in upwardly inclined position and readilyreceives and firmly supports a drape or the like, the point of the pin11, if visible, being hardly discernible, while the body 10 iscompletely concealed from view.

In manufacturing my device, the body 10 is preferably molded about thepin 11 and thereby sealed or fixed thereto. The application of the bodyto the pin, however, may be accomplished in other ways.

Changes in the specific form of my inven I tion, as herein disclosed,may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departin fromthe spirit of my invention.

aving described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to protectby Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, a conelike body and aligned pointedprojections ex- 5 tending from theapex and the base of said body, saidbase being formed in'oblique relation with respect to the axes of saidprojections and providinga bearing or bracing reassess surface adaptedto rest against an upright support or a ainst an object to be supported,10 the vertical irnension of said surface being greater than thetransverse dimension thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ROGER HARRY DAVKD.

